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1) Saving time: discovering a life beyond the clock

Author

Odell, Jenny

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

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eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"In her first book, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell wrote about the importance of disconnecting from the "attention economy" to spend time in quiet contemplation. But what if you don't have time to spend? In order to answer this seemingly simple question, Odell took a deep dive into the fundamental structure of our society and found that the clock we live by was built for profit, not people. This is why our lives, even in leisure, have come to seem...

2) Alone together: why we expect more from technology and less from each other

Author

Turkle, Sherry

Publisher

Basic Books

Pub. Date

c2011

Language

English

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In "Alone Together," MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for--and sacrificing--in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between...

3) The information: a history, a theory, a flood

Author

Gleick, James

Publisher

Books on Tape

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

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From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long misunderstood "talking drums" of Africa, James Gleick tells the story of information technologies that changed the very nature of human consciousness. He also provides portraits of the key figures contributing to the inexorable development of our modern understanding of information, including Charles Babbage, Ada Byron, Samuel Morse, Alan Turing, and Claude Shannon.

4) Digital body language: how to build trust & connection, no matter the distance

Author

Dhawan, Erica

Publisher

Macmillan Audio

Pub. Date

2021

Language

English

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"From Erica Dhawan, co-author of Get Big Things Done, the definitive guide to communicating and connecting wherever you are. Email replies that show up a week later. Video chats full of 'oops sorry no you go' and 'can you hear me?!' Ambiguous text-messages. Weird punctuation you can't make heads or tails of. Is it any wonder communication takes us so much time and effort to figure out? How did we lose our innate capacity to understand each other?...

5) The stars in our pockets: getting lost and sometimes found in the digital age

Author

Axelrod, Howard

Publisher

Beacon Press

Pub. Date

2020

Language

English

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eBook, Kindle

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"Axelrod spins his personal philosophy out into the wider world, where technology is changing the nature of human consciousness faster than we can see it happening. He draws a parallel between the environmental crisis and a lesser-known, but equally pressing issue: as we lose the world around us, he argues, we are losing our interior worlds, too. We can't navigate without a GPS, we can't pay attention unless our attention is DEMANDED in all caps and...

6) That used to be us: how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back

Author

Friedman, Thomas L

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

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Adult Book, eAudiobook

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A three-time Pulitzer Prize recipient and director of the Johns Hopkins American Foreign Policy program make recommendations for meeting four major challenges currently facing the United States including globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits and unbalanced energy consumption.

7) Enchanted objects: design, human desire, and the Internet of things

Author

Rose, David

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Audio

Pub. Date

2014

Language

English

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We are now standing at the precipice of the next transformative development: the Internet of Things. Soon, connected technology will be embedded in hundreds of everyday objects we already use: our cars, wallets, watches, umbrellas, even our trash cans. These objects will respond to our needs, come to know us, and learn to think on our behalf. David Rose calls these devices--which are just beginning to creep into the marketplace--Enchanted Objects....

8) Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century

Author

Lawson, Jeff

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

2021

Language

English

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eBook, Kindle

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Jeff Lawson, developer turned CEO of Twilio (one of Bloomberg Businessweek's Top 50 Companies to Watch in 2021), creates a new playbook for unleashing the full potential of software developers in any organization, showing how to help management utilize this coveted and valuable workforce to enable growth, solve a wide range of business problems, and drive

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9) Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet

Author

Kaye, David

Series

Columbia Global Reports

Pub. Date

2019

Language

English

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eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"David Kaye's book is crucial to understanding the tactics, rhetoric and stakes in one of the most consequential free speech debates in human history." —Cory Doctorow, author of Radicalized, Walkaway and Little Brother

The internet was designed to be a kind of free-speech paradise, but a lot of the material on it turned out to incite violence, spread untruth, and promote hate. Over the years, three American behemoths—Facebook,

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10) Reprogramming the American Dream: From Rural America to Silicon Valley—Making AI Serve Us All

Author

Scott, Kevin

Pub. Date

2020

Language

English

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eAudiobook, eBook

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** #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller **

In this essential book written by a rural native and Silicon Valley veteran, Microsoft's Chief technology officer tackles one of the most critical issues facing society today: the future of artificial intelligence and how it can be realistically used to promote growth, even in a shifting employment landscape.
There are two prevailing stories about AI: for heartland

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11) The four: the hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

Author

Galloway, Scott

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2017

Language

English

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eBook, Kindle

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Business professor Scott Galloway asks fundamental questions about Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. How did those four infiltrate our lives so completely that they're almost impossible to avoid (or boycott)? Why does the stock market forgive them for sins that would destroy other firms? And as they race to become the world's first trillion-dollar company, can anyone challenge them? Galloway deconstructs the strategies of the Four that lurk beneath...

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1) Saving time: discovering a life beyond the clock

2) Alone together: why we expect more from technology and less from each other

3) The information: a history, a theory, a flood

4) Digital body language: how to build trust & connection, no matter the distance

5) The stars in our pockets: getting lost and sometimes found in the digital age

6) That used to be us: how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back

7) Enchanted objects: design, human desire, and the Internet of things

8) Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century

9) Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet

10) Reprogramming the American Dream: From Rural America to Silicon Valley—Making AI Serve Us All

11) The four: the hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

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